Posts Tagged ‘CSR – Sustainability – Environment’

Talita Ferreira is an experienced C-Suite executive, non-executive director, entrepreneur and thought leader who provides keynote presentations and workshops on topics including building an authentic culture and effective change leadership.

She understands the financial language of business, strategy, and risk as an experienced Chief Financial Officer and balances this with her experience as an Executive Board Director for human resources, helping organisations and leaders to transform. Talita has led and implemented award-winning, cultural transformational programmes for organisations and leaders in the financial services and automotive sectors, within global brands and multiple countries.

John Thackara, a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art in London, travels the world in a continuous
search for live examples of what a sustainable future can be like. He writes about these stories at his blog,
thackara.com, and in books, and advises cities, companies, and institutions.

Sir Tim Smit KBE was born in Holland on 25 September 1954. He read Archaeology and Anthropology at Durham University. Tim worked for ten years in the music industry as composer/producer in both rock music and opera. In 1987 Tim moved to Cornwall he and John Nelson together ‘discovered’ and then restored the Lost Gardens of Heligan. Tim remains a Director of the gardens to the present day.

Tachi Kiuchi is one of Japan’s best-known corporate executives and a well-known pioneer for sustainability. He is the Former CEO and Chairman of Mitsubishi Electric America and is currently Chairman of Future 500.

Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School. He is an in demand speaker for his valuable insights into emerging markets, strategy, leadership and business in China and India and understanding the drivers of entrepreneurship worldwide.

Donald Kalff is an experienced international businessman, entrepreneur, strategist and commentator who takes a fresh and objective look at the past, present and future performance of companies.

Donald Kalff earned a PhD from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Following a period in academia as assistant professor at the Graduate School of Management in Delft, Dr Kalff joined Royal Dutch/Shell in 1980. At Shell he carried out assignments in marketing, oil and products trading, and in corporate and strategic planning, both in the Netherlands and the UK.

Klaus Töpfer, former Under Secretary General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is one of the most renowned environmental politicians in the world, known internationally for his personal commitment to promote environment and sustainable development and to fight for the cause of the developing world.